DTVHINDIKKR vs DC: After McGurk, Pant-Stubbs’ bat also flopped, Delhi gave target of 154 runs to Kolkata.
Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 153 runs on the board against Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR vs DC (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024, KKR vs DC First Inning Highlights: In IPL 2024, the big match of 29th April is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals at Eden Gardens. DC captain Rishabh Pant had decided to bat first, but the team could not live up to it. Batting first, Delhi Capitals have put 153 runs on the board at the loss of 9 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs for the team. Varun Chakraborty took maximum 3 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR vs DC: Delhi lost three big wickets in the powerplay. Delhi Capitals had a very bad start, the team lost three big wickets in the powerplay itself. Prithvi Shaw (13), Jake Fraser McGurk (12) and Shai Hope (6) were returned to the pavilion cheaply. After three setbacks, the partnership between captain Rishabh Pant and Abhishek Porel seemed to be flourishing. But in the seventh over, Abhishek Porel was out to Harshit Rana after scoring 18 runs in 15 balls, and Delhi got its fourth blow at the score of 68. First breakthrough 🤝 Vaibhav Arora. AGAIN! PS: 𝐃ecision 𝐑reviewer 𝐒alt 🤌 pic.twitter.com/yeQ5WVkaQz — KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 29, 2024 Vaibhav cleans him up with an absolute 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 🤯#KKRvDC #TATAIPL #IPLonJioCinema #IPLinBangla pic.twitter.com/AxFqHVxYJh — JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 29, 2024 Venkatesh Iyer plucks a fine low catch & @KKRiders get the dangerous Jake Fraser-McGurk early 😲#DC three down now inside the powerplay! Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #TATAIPL , #KKRvDC pic.twitter.com/84HRetp0ZM — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 29, 2024 Varun Chakraborty tightened the noose on Pant, Stubbs and Kumar Kushagra Rishabh Pant was seen playing attacking cricket from one end, but today the captain could not play a big innings for the team. Pant lost his wicket against Varun Chakraborty after scoring 27 runs in 20 balls. Varun then showed the way to the pavilion to Tristan Stubbs (4) in the 13th over and Kumar Kushagra (1) in the 15th over. Varun Chakraborty took three wickets for 16 runs in his spell. The Varun we all know is back 🔥#KKRvDC #TATAIPL #IPLonJioCinema #IPLinBangla pic.twitter.com/nHzR1IzSbw — JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 29, 2024 KKR vs DC: Kuldeep Yadav played an inning of 35* runs The team had high expectations from Akshar Patel, but he too could not show anything special today. Akshar lost his wicket against Sunil Narine (15) in the 14th over. Chopped🔛 Sunil Narine enters the wicket-taking party 🥳 Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #TATAIPL , #KKRvDC , @KKRiders pic.twitter.com/lw2WuSMLLO — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 29, 2024 Kuldeep Yadav played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs in 26 balls with the help of 5 fours and one six, on the basis of which Delhi Capitals put 153 runs on the board at the loss of 9 wickets. Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana took 2-2 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders. Sunil Narine and Mitchell Starc took 1 wicket each. Wrist spinner who uses…
Jack Fraser McGurk watched this video the whole day and then Jasprit Bumrah scored 18 runs in 1 over.
After winning the Man of the Match award, Jack Fraser McGurk said this when asked about batting against Jasprit Bumrah. Jake Fraser-McGurk & Jasprit Bumrah : (Photo Source: In the 43rd match of IPL 2024, we got to see between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians (DC vs MI). Let us tell you that due to excellent performance in this match, Delhi has won by 10 runs. Also, let us tell you that in this match, young batsman Jake Fraser McGurk played an important role in helping Delhi win against Mumbai. Opening for Delhi, Jack Fraser McGurk played a stormy innings of 84 runs in 27 balls. During this innings he hit 11 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes. So for this innings he has been given the Player of the Match Award (POTM). This 22 year old opener scored a half-century in just 15 balls. Along with this, he also scored a half-century in 15 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The explosive young batsman now holds the first and second positions in the list of fastest half-centuries in a season. Jasprit Bumrah was targeted by Jack Fraser McGurk Batting Jack Fraser McGurk scored 19 runs against Luke Wood in the first over of the match. After this, he targeted Bumrah in the second over. He welcomed Bumrah by hitting a six on the very first ball, but that too was a no ball. Being a free hit, he hit a four over mid-on on the next ball. After this he hit a four on the last ball also. Bumrah gave 18 runs in this over, which was also his most expensive over of this season. Jake Fraser McGurk said “I had looked at Jasprit Bumrah’s footage & videos all day – It is good to test yourself against the best bowler in the World”. pic.twitter.com/6ALgjbHxnL —Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 27, 2024 After winning the Man of the Match award, Jack Fraser McGurk was asked about batting against Bumrah and he said, “Definitely against Bumrah I batted under pressure. I was watching videos of Bumrah’s bowling the whole day. But in a match everything goes beyond this and you have to play by looking at the ball. It’s good to test yourself against the best bowlers in the world. We always have to face ups and downs. Such innings are important for my confidence and my team. From the outside looking in, it is difficult to imagine at what level this tournament is played. The IPL is huge compared to other leagues and it is a huge thing to be a part of it.”
DC vs MI: Jake Fraser McGurk won POTM award against Mumbai, scored 84 runs in 27 balls
Delhi has defeated Mumbai by 10 runs. Jake Fraser McGurk (Image Credit- Twitter Today, on Saturday, April 27, we got to see the 43rd match of the ongoing season of IPL 2024 between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians (DC vs MI). Let us tell you that due to excellent performance in this match, Delhi has won by 10 runs. This is Delhi’s 5th overall win in the ongoing IPL season, and with this win they have reached 5th position in the points table. Also, let us tell you that in this match, young batsman Jake Fraser McGurk played an important role in helping Delhi win against Mumbai. Opening for Delhi, McGurk played a stormy innings of 84 runs in 27 balls. During this innings he hit 11 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes. So for this innings he has been given the Player of the Match Award (POTM). Jake Fraser-McGurk is the Player of the Match for his destructive knock.#DCvMI pic.twitter.com/IifuCwF4qe — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) April 27, 2024 If we give you detailed information about the match, Mumbai won the toss and invited Delhi Capitals to bat first. Whereas Delhi batted in a stormy manner in the match and scored 257 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Jack Fraser McGurk and Abhishek Porel, who came to open for Delhi, gave the team a strong start by making a partnership of 114 runs for the first wicket. McGurk contributed 84 runs while Porel contributed 36 runs. Apart from this, Shay Hope scored 41 runs and Rishabh Pant scored 29 runs. So in the end Tristan Stubbs remained unbeaten by scoring 48* and Akshar Patel scored 11*. On the other hand, when Mumbai set out to chase this target from Delhi, it could only score a total of 247 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs, and lost the match by 10 runs. For Mumbai, Tilak Verma scored 63 runs and Hardik Pandya scored 46 runs. In the end, Tim David played an inning of 37 runs in 17 balls, but he could not lead his team to victory.
From Warner to McGurk, 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match
While playing for Delhi against Lucknow, McGurk played a brilliant inning of 55 runs. Dawid Warner and Jake Fraser-McGurk (Image Credit- Twitter The ongoing season of IPL 2024 has been very spectacular so far. The ongoing season of the tournament has left the previous few seasons behind in terms of records. Cricket fans also got to see some exciting matches. So one such great match was played yesterday on 12th April between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals (LSG vs DC). Let us tell you that in this match, Delhi had won by 6 wickets on the basis of first bowling and then amazing batting. Also, in this spectacular victory of Delhi, Jake Fraser-McGurk, playing his first match, batted brilliantly and played a brilliant inning of 55 runs in 35 balls with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes. So with this innings he has also made a special record in his name. Let us tell you that with this inning, he has become one of the 5 players of Australia team, who have scored a half-century in their debut. So let us also know about the other players who scored half-centuries in their debut matches: 5. Michael Hussey Michael Hussey, a former left-handed batsman of the Australian cricket team and popularly known as Mr. Cricket, was the first Australian player to score a half-century in his IPL debut. So Hussey had done this feat in the year 2008 while playing for Chennai against Punjab Kings. In the match, Hussey played a brilliant inning of 116* runs in 54 balls. During this innings, Hussey also hit 8 fours and 9 sixes.
“Coming to India is like stepping into a different world” – Jack Fraser McGurk said after scoring a half-century on debut
Jack Fraser McGurk scored a half-century in his IPL debut match against LSG. Jake Fraser-McGurk (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) On April 12, the 26th match of IPL 2024 was played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana Cricket Stadium. In this match, Delhi registered an easy victory against LSG by six wickets. The heroes of DC’s victory in this match were Kuldeep Yadav and debutant batsman Jack Fraser McGurk. While Kuldeep performed brilliantly with the ball and took three wickets, McGurk scored a half-century in his debut match. McGurk, who came to bat at number three, scored 55 runs in 35 balls. He hit two fours and five sixes. He made an important partnership of 39 runs for the second wicket with Prithvi Shaw (19) and 77 runs for the third wicket with captain Rishabh Pant (41). Delhi achieved the target of 168 runs with 11 balls remaining. Fraser McGurk speaks from his heart about playing IPL in India After playing a memorable inning in his IPL debut, 22-year-old McGurk opened up to the media. He praised India after the match. He said that he has never experienced such a wonderful atmosphere as the IPL in India. He said after the match, “I have spent the last five-six sitting out and was eager to get on the field. I am very happy to win the first game. I just saw the ball and played it accordingly, that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 12 months and why change it?” When McGurk was asked which was his favorite shot, the Kangaroo batsman said, “I liked the shot over cover very much. I don’t usually hit that many shots on the off side. I think it’s something I’ll continue to learn. Focusing on my strike rate as well as rotating the strike. I believe this is a skill that will come with experience and playing more matches will definitely help.” In the end he praised India and said, “I am thrilled to be here (playing IPL in India). It’s like stepping into a different world. I have never seen anything like this before. The first-hand experience has been fantastic. Great times are going in India.”
